Where does “mehupilli” come from?

mehupilli (Finnish) comes from Finnish mehu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

mehupilli (Finnish): drinking straw

Definitions

  1. drinking straw

Ancestry of “mehupilli”, step by step

mehupilli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mehu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmehujuice; cordial
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish pilli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilliwhistle; pipe; drinking straw, straw
2Proto-Finnicpillipipe, flute (instrument)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish mehu →